The hairspring, a coil thinner than a human eyelash, had Ping-Ponged out of the tweezers and vanished into the shag carpet. Elias sat frozen. The annoyance he had been carefully tamping down suddenly flared into a cold, white heat.
Toby stopped mid-whistle, his cleaning rag frozen. "Uh, like when my sister hides my phone?" The hairspring, a coil thinner than a human
Toby looked at the floor, then back at Elias, his eyes wide. "I... I can help find it? I have a magnet!" white heat. Toby stopped mid-whistle
Elias put his forehead against the floor. Some days, the world was just one giant, persistent itch. his cleaning rag frozen. "Uh